Early Writings — Page 46
A Rebuttal to the Reply written by Bawa Narayan Singh Sahib (Secretary Arya Samaj Amritsar) Published in the Aftab newspaper on 18th February To begin with, Bawa Sahib has put the question to me that what proof is there that God is the Creator of the souls, and that He has the power to create them? Before I proceed to pen my response to this question, it is necessary to mention that according to the established rules of debate, you are not entitled to demand from me the proof that God is the Creator of souls. Rather, the right is mine to seek from you the proof that souls are born without a Creator. The reason for this is that you yourself have admitted, in the same newspaper, that God is All-Powerful and that He alone maintains order in the entire universe. Evidently, it now falls upon you to prove this subsequent assumption that while initially God was All-Powerful, now He has become powerless. It does not fall on me to prove that God, who has been Omnipotent from the very beginning, is still Omnipotent. So, my good sir, it is in fact your responsibility to provide comprehensive evidence of how God, despite being the All-Powerful Lord, would be unable to create the souls. I cannot be asked about how much capacity God (Who has already been accepted as being the Omnipotent) has